Read this first: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+31&version=NIV
“Give me rescue Lord” is the cry of this psalm. Probably written while David’s son, Absalom, came to kill him. Also something we say in Washington County as we’re still under quarantine. Get us over this. We’re tired! Yesterday I couldn’t wake up. Just wasn’t happening. I want to go to church, go to a restaurant, be with people, talk with people without a screen between. Rescue us God!
But I trust in you, Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
15 My times are in your hands.
This is what stands out to me. The last line- my times are in your hands- has never felt more true. I’m no longer in control and more and more it seems fruitless to plan for the future. I know change is coming where some weird in between quarantine and what we used to have as normal is coming but my mind can’t grasp what that means for my job. Yet I know when that time comes I will figure it out. Anxiety isn’t going to help. Trust in God and how He has made me will help me to get through it.
Is trust the opposite of anxiety? Maybe. Maybe the next time I say start to freak out the words, “Trust in God” and “Depend on me” might be the ones that change my mind and heart from worry to calm. May the same be true for you!
Marking It Up 